Grounded

Whilst standing with my feet planted firmly on the ground, I stretch my hands towards the sky, realising that nothing really stands between me and the infinity of the cosmos. Above my head and upwards through the clouds, the enormity of the universe weighs lightly upon my shoulders, its grandeur beautifully displayed before my eyes, its size beyond my comprehension.

The insignificance of my actions, the irrelevance of my thoughts and wants, start to crush in on me. I begin to understand that what I crave and what I long for mean nothing to anyone but myself. I stand alone in an eternity of everything and nothing, the universe is everywhere and nowhere. From the giant binary star systems, to the smallest neutrons and protons that make up an atom, existence in its very essence is nothing but our power to observe and measure the occurrences that seem so consequential and important but in reality, are nothing more than a moment...a moment never repeated and often missed.

So whilst I stand on earth, reaching skywards and dreaming all the impossible dreams, I must learn to let go, to allow my mind to wander, to explore and to create, for the universe is there for the taking, we just have to comprehend how to take it!  

Step one...

I lust for a life of adventure, exploration and discovery.
I dream of dancing on sun-kissed sands, of climbing mountains to their highest peaks, of walking through jungles of lost civilisations, of meeting people from all over the world and sharing stories and tales of lands forgotten and untouched by the modern world.
Each journey starts with the first footstep, gathering momentum and pace as each foot falls one in front of the other. I just need to take that first step!